England scores 13 World Cup goals with zero from Premier League players
Every single England goal at the 2026 World Cup has come from players who left the Premier League, and that tells us something about where value is actually migrating.
England’s 2026 World Cup campaign has produced 13 goals so far. Not a single one came from the boot of a Premier League player.
The great Premier League talent drain
The names on the scoresheet read like a who’s who of English football’s export market. Harry Kane, now at Bayern Munich, has been the headline act, breaking personal and historical England World Cup scoring records along the way. Jude Bellingham continues his stellar run at Real Madrid. Marcus Rashford, who swapped Manchester for Barcelona, rounds out the trio of contributors.
England has marched through the tournament with victories over Croatia, Panama, Mexico, and Norway.
Kane left Tottenham for Bayern Munich. Bellingham never played a Premier League match, going straight from Birmingham City to Borussia Dortmund and then Real Madrid. Rashford departed Manchester United for Barcelona.
The crypto-sports intersection, still waiting for its moment
For an industry that loves attaching itself to major cultural moments, crypto’s presence at the 2026 World Cup has been notably muted. Despite the tournament generating enormous global attention and players like Kane becoming household names all over again, there’s been no breakout moment connecting blockchain technology to the beautiful game in any meaningful way.
The 2026 World Cup is hosted across North America with an expanded field of participating nations.